GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
81
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Value for money (0-100)
30.52
Turing
Architecture
Pascal
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Code name
GP104
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Type
Desktop
7 December 2021 (recently)
Release date
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$379
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Price now
$685 (1.8x MSRP)
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Value for money
28.38
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GPU code name
Pascal GP104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
1920
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Core clock speed
1506 MHz
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Boost Clock
1683 MHz
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Transistor count
7,200 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
224.4
Texture fill rate
202.0
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Floating-point performance
6,463 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
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CUDA cores
1920
2176
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
1650 MHz
Boost clock speed
1683 MHz
10,800 million
Number of transistors
7,200 million
184 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
229 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
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SLI options
+
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Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Width
2-slot
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
14 GB/s
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
+
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
3.0
7.5
CUDA
+
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Multi-Projection
+
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Ansel
+
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Virtual Reality
+
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ShadowWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2
Vulkan
+
6.6
Shader Model
6.4
3.0
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (336.0 GB/s vs 256 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

62.81% faster in synthetic tests

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 .

GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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